Žumberk
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Pardubický kraj
District (town):
Chrudim
Village:
Lukavice, Žumberk
Cadastre:
Vížky, Žumberk, Lukavice
Map sheets:
13-42 Pardubice,13-44 Hlinsko, 13-424 Chrást,13-442 Prosetín
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
3656
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Active quarries with quarry walls showing interesting rocks. The fine grained biotite granite with muscovite, called the Žumberk granite prevails. Two stages of its emplacement can be recognized, the older one is represented by a tonalite with xenoliths of dioritic rocks. They are overlained by subvolcanic mantle rocks of the Lukavice Group. Their cmposition corresponds to rhyodacites with their tuffites. In places lamprofyres and pegmatite veins were found, They are accompanied by pyrite and epidote accumulations. This locality belongs to the National Geopark "Železné hory - the Iron Mountains".
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Magmatites in Bohemicum > Nasavrky Composite Massif
Stratigraphy:
Carboniferous, Permian
Subject:
economic geology, stratigraphy, geology
Geological phenomenon:
intrusion, lithological boundary, horizontal section, ore mineralization, dyke
Genesis:
sedimentary, magmatic
Rock:
granite, metarhyolite, porphyry
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Železné hory
Conflicts of interests:
private property, open cast mining
References
- DOUCEK, Jan (2012): Národní Geopark Železné hory - mapování. Závěrečná zpráva, MS Vodní zdroje Chrudim, spol. s r. o
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Anna Králová, 08.02.2013
Updated by:
Rambousek Petr, 14.10.2013, Rambousek Petr, 17.10.2013, Kukal Zdeněk, 08.09.2017, Kukal Zdeněk, 08.09.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3656 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3656.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
ruined
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